"Actor: Monica Dolan"

• Mr Bates vs. The Post Office | DVD | (19/02/2024) from £12.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Pride | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.05   |  Saving you £12.94 (183.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set in the summer of 1984 – Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners. But there is a problem. The Union seems embarrassed to receive their support. But the activists are not deterred. They decide to ignore the Union and go direct to the miners. They identify a mining village in deepest Wales and set off in a mini bus to make their donation in person. And so begins the extraordinary story of two seemingly alien communities who form a surprising and ultimately triumphant partnership.

• The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe | DVD | (25/04/2022) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Suffocated by debts, prison officer John Darwin pretended to drown in a canoe accident so his wife could make fraudulent claims on their insurance. Anne Darwin played the grieving widow whilst police investigated his disappearance. Yet all along John Darwin was living in an apartment in the house next door to his wife, regularly visiting her through an interconnecting passage. Devastated by the loss of their father, neither of their sons had an inkling their parents had betrayed them. Tired of laying low in England, John Darwin assumed a fake identity and left the country to invest in money making schemes. After these schemes failed, John Darwin persuaded Anne to leave England and start a new life in Panama. 5 years after faking his death, John returned to England and walked into a police station pretending he had amnesia. Their secret was finally revealed following the discovery of a photo of them posing together in a real estate office years after his disappearance. This gripping and surprising true crime series is told through Anne Darwin's eyes. We delve deep into a woman who appears to be under her husband's control and who argued at trial she had been coerced to go along with it all. Was she to blame for her part in her husband's absurd scheme? Starring Monica Dolan and Eddie Marsan

• Ghost Stories: The Collection Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (31/12/2099) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Featuring all-star casts, Mark Gatiss presents four ghost stories for Christmas inspired by the short stories of M. R. James, Arthur Conan Doyle and Edith Nesbit.

• Appropriate Adult | DVD | (12/09/2011) from £6.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (128.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Starring Dominic West and Emily Watson this is the story of Fred & Rosemary West told through Janet Leach (the Appropriate Adult). Janet Leach was an ordinary housewife who volunteered to help an illiterate prisoner. The man was Britain's worst serial sex killer and he confessed his darkest secrets to her - she even accompanied the killer when he was taken to reveal the burial grounds of some of his victims outside of his Cromwell Street house. It provides a unique insight into the police investigation which led to the conviction of Fred and Rose West and the crucial role Janet Leach played as the appropriate adult and focuses on the time between Fred's arrest and his suicide on New Year's Day 1995. Award-winning actress Emily Watson plays Leach who sat in on more than 40 interviews over many months and listened to 'the most harrowing and horrifying details' of West's crimes.

• Strike: The Silkworm | DVD | (19/02/2018) from £9.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Silkworm is the two-part drama adapted from the second novel in JK Rowling's critically acclaimed Cormoran Strike series, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The story follows on from the events in the first drama of the series which received rave reviews, Strike: The Cuckoo's Calling. They successfully solved the murder of model Lula Landry now Cormoran Tom Burke) and his partner Robin Ellacott (Holliday Grainger) are hired to solve their next case.

• Wallis And Edward | DVD | (09/01/2006) from £8.08   |  Saving you £8.91 (110.27%)   |  RRP £16.99

  When Wallis Simpson meets Edward Prince of Wales he is charmed by her flirtatious and straight-talking manner and begs her to divorce her husband Ernest. George V dies and Edward becomes King but he has no desire to give up Wallis for a life of Royal duty. As a constitutional crisis grips the nation Edward and the British Government lock horns. The Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin insists that Wallis cannot become Queen. Despite Wallis's pleas for him to remain King Edward feel

• W1A - The Complete Series 1 - 3 | DVD | (16/10/2017) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Series 1 & 2 When was the last time that we as a nation organised something that wasn't a complete disaster? Answer: The Twenty Twelve London Olympic Games. Conclusion: Let's get that guy in to work for us. Hence the arrival of Ian Fletcher and the start of W1A. The post is sold to Ian as a chance to influence and shape one of the great British institutions. His job is to think BIG thoughts, but it doesn't take him long to realise that not only does he not have time to think big thoughts, he never has time to think any thoughts at all. Includes The Real W1A Series 3 The BBC's Head of Values Ian Fletcher once again throws open the revolving doors to New Broadcasting House to allow cameras to film staff in action at W1A. Ian and the team are tackling the BBC's Charter Renewal, reacting to the new mission statement of doing More Of Less, which Head of Output Anna Rampton describes as being about putting what we do best front and centre and identifying better ways of doing less of it more.

• She Stoops To Conquer | DVD | (21/07/2003) from £12.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (46.19%)   |  RRP £18.99

  'She Stoops To Conquer' Oliver Goldsmith's classic comedy of manners tells of the clever schemes and comic ruses that unfold one night at a country house. An ambitious step-mother impassioned sweethearts a pragmatic father and a pair of star-crossed suitors are sent spinning through a hilarious comedy of errors by one of the great characters of the stage Tony Lumpkin. In its day this eighteenth century masterpiece was considered so 'low' that it might have reached the stage. Whe

• W1A - Series 3 | DVD | (16/10/2017) from £19.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The BBC's Head of Values Ian Fletcher once again throws open the revolving doors to New Broadcasting House to allow cameras to film staff in action at W1A. Ian and the team are tackling the BBC's Charter Renewal, reacting to the new mission statement of doing More Of Less, which Head of Output Anna Rampton describes as being about putting what we do best front and centre and identifying better ways of doing less of it more.

• Typist Artist Pirate King | Blu Ray | (29/01/2024) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From acclaimed writer-director Carol Morley (Dreams of a Life, The Falling, Out of Blue), comes an imaginative, laugh-out-loud, and emotional road movie putting undiscovered real-life artist Audrey Amiss on the map. With outstanding performances from Monica Dolan, Kelly Macdonald and Gina McKee, Typist Artist Pirate King is a magical, empathetic, hopeful journey through England and the mind. When Audrey Amiss and her psychiatric nurse Sandra Panza take to the road in an electric car, searching for an art exhibition, they meet all manner of people along the way, and as a friendship develops between them, there is reconciliation with the past. Executive produced by Jane Campion.Product FeaturesUK trailer and Image Gallery

• Alan Bennett's Talking Heads Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (08/03/2021) from £11.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Alan Bennetts renowned monologues are remade with an extraordinary British cast with two powerful new pieces added to the collection. Touching on universal themes such as guilt, grief and isolation, Bennetts masterful monologues have always had a timeless quality. But they feel particularly relevant today. Bennetts long-term collaborator, director Nicholas Hytner, heads up a superlative creative team. Actors including Jodie Comer, Martin Freeman and Kristin Scott Thomas bring Bennetts haunting work to life with darkly captivating performances. With the actors talking directly to the camera, this is an exceptionally intimate dramatic experience. As the characters unburden their souls, theres nowhere for the actors or audience to hide. Starring Jodie Comer, Monica Dolan, Martin Freeman, Tamsin Greig, Sarah Lancashire, Lesley Manville, Lucian Msamati, Maxine Peake, Rochenda Sandall, Kristin Scott Thomas, Imelda Staunton, Harriet Walter

• The Arbor | DVD | (14/03/2011) from £8.85   |  Saving you £7.14 (80.68%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.

• A Midsummer Night's Dream | DVD | (03/12/2001) from £5.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (67.06%)   |  RRP £9.99

  With its clearcut "play within a play" narrative and simple contrasts between the human and spirit worlds, A Midsummer Night's Dream has long been a popular introduction to Shakespeare, and Adrian Noble's 1994 RSC production reinforces why. It's a colourful and physical presentation (the latter explains the PG rating), portraying character confrontations with often reckless abandon. The ploy of giving the whole play the appearance of a child's dream is a neat touch that doesn't quite work, as the child himself, Osheen Jones, can have only a minimal amount to do on stage. Casting the main actors in dual roles works well. Alex Jennings is secure as Theseus and Oberon, but Lindsay Duncan all but steals the show as Hippolyta and Titania; her amorous encounter with Bottom, given with gusto by Desmond Barrit, has a lewd quality that Elizabethan audiences might have appreciated. Despite his dreadful 1980s hairdo, Barry Lynch is animated as Puck, while Emily Raymond's plaintive Helena is the pick of the lovers. Howard Blake turns in a sensitive and atmospheric score. On the DVD: The 16:9 anamorphic picture reproduces excellently in the widescreen format, Dolby Surround sound vividly conveying the spatial realism of Noble's staging. No subtitles, which could be a drawback, but the 12 access points divide the 99-minute production into educational-sized chunks. Sensibly edited, and imaginatively directed, this production ought to have wide appeal. --Richard Whitehouse

• Arbor, the | Blu Ray | (14/03/2011) from £8.85   |  Saving you £7.14 (80.68%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Brilliantly blending the borders of narrative and documentary filmmaking artist-cum-director Clio Barnard beautifully reconstructs the fascinating true story of troubled British playwright Andrea Dunbar and her tumultuous relationship with her daughter. Working from two years of audio interviews Barnard uses classic documentary techniques actors theatrical performance and Dunbar's own neighborhood to generate a unique cinematic feast while unraveling the truths of a dark family past.

• Days of the Bagnold Summer | DVD | (25/04/2022) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the critically acclaimed graphic novel, DAYS OF THE BAGNOLD SUMMER is a funny yet sweet coming-of-age story about single motherhood and Metallica. Daniel was supposed to spend the summer with his dad and his dad's new wife in Florida, but when his dad cancels the trip Daniel and his mom suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together. An epic war of wills ensues in their suburban home as Daniel just wants to listen to heavy metal and start a band while his mom hopes to rekindle the fun times they used to have together. Featuring original songs by Belle and Sebastian. Product Features Exclusive 'Making of' Featurette Trailer Hard-of-hearing subs

• Days of the Bagnold Summer | Blu Ray | (25/04/2022) from £10.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Based on the critically acclaimed graphic novel, DAYS OF THE BAGNOLD SUMMER is a funny yet sweet coming-of-age story about single motherhood and Metallica. Daniel was supposed to spend the summer with his dad and his dad's new wife in Florida, but when his dad cancels the trip Daniel and his mom suddenly face the prospect of six long weeks together.An epic war of wills ensues in their suburban home as Daniel just wants to listen to heavy metal and start a band while his mom hopes to rekindle the fun times they used to have together. Featuring original songs by Belle and Sebastian.Product FeaturesHigh Definition feature with 5.1 soundExclusive 'Making of' FeaturetteDeleted ScenesInfluences & Inspirations - A Video Essay by director Simon BirdMonica Dolan & Earl Cave Screen Test3 Shorts by Joff WinterhartLimited edition 24 page exclusive page booklet featuring a written introduction by director Simon Bird & essays by Lisa Owens & Leigh SingerUnseen StillsExclusive Interview with Joff WinterhartLimited to 3000 copies

• King Lear (Blu Ray) | Blu Ray | (26/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Royal Shakespeare Company bring their adaptation of this lavish tale the stage with a multi-talented cast.

• Wallis And Edward | DVD | (09/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When Wallis Simpson meets Edward Prince of Wales he is charmed by her flirtatious and straight-talking manner and begs her to divorce her husband Ernest. George V dies and Edward becomes King but he has no desire to give up Wallis for a life of Royal duty. As a constitutional crisis grips the nation Edward and the British Government lock horns. The Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin insists that Wallis cannot become Queen. Despite Wallis's pleas for him to remain King Edward feels forced to choose between his royal destiny and the woman he loves...